MRI breast without cont bi at HCA HEALTHCARE BRIGHTON PARK ER

401 N LIVE OAK DR, MONCKS CORNER, SC · HCA Trident Health System · · NPI 1366496937

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$15,939.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$15,939.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$156.60 with BLUE CHOICE vs $15,142.05 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $156.60 ↓ -99%
United MCD $156.60 ↓ -99%
Select Health HIX $257.48 ↓ -98%
Absolute Total Care HIX $423.01 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -97%
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $906.69 ↓ -94%
BCBS PBHIX $906.69 ↓ -94%
SC State Employees COMM $1,077.81 ↓ -93%
BCBS PreferredBlue $1,789.47 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueChoice $1,789.47 ↓ -89%
Aetna SC NB $1,909.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna SC AFA $1,909.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna SC FI $2,561.00 ↓ -84%
Absolute Total Care MCD $2,869.02 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $3,028.41 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health MCR $3,028.41 ↓ -81%
Aetna SC SI $4,684.00 ↓ -71%
Medcost NEWULTRA $6,088.70 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $6,375.60 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $7,172.55 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network COMM $7,172.55 ↓ -55%
Medcost NEWPAYER $8,575.18 ↓ -46%
Vocational Rehab MCR $8,607.06 ↓ -46%
Medcost STANDARD $8,957.72 ↓ -44%
Humana BH COMM $10,360.35 ↓ -35%
First Health PPO $11,635.47 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare PPO $11,954.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BHCOMM $12,751.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMM $13,548.15 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMM $13,548.15 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $14,345.10 ↓ -10%
BCBS COMM $15,142.05 ↓ -5%

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MRI breast without cont bi at other South-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Ladson $15,939.00 $156.60 – $1,077.81

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